Last month, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Bisa Williams became the highest-ranking U.S.official to visit Cuba in several years.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Pressure from the president's liberal Democratic base is likely to have an impact on that decision, says former assistant secretary of state Teresita Schaffer.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

The visit here by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State William Burns came amid rising concern in India about terrorist violence spillingover again into this country.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

In his first appearance before the UN Human Rights Council representing the United States, U.S.Assistant Secretary of State Michael Posner called the report deeply flawed.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

Marciel,a deputy assistant secretary of State and his boss, Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell spent two days meeting with Burma's military and democracy leaders.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

U.S.Assistant Secretary of State Michael Posner tells VOA he is pleased by this decision.

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

Assistant Secretary Posner said the United States supports Saudi King Abdullah's initiatives for interfaith dialogue, but that religious freedom in that country remains a subject of great concern.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Standing outside the Pentagon Monday in front of one of the hulking desert sand colored new vehicles designed to protect against those bombs, Assistant Secretary Carter extolled the M-ATV's virtues.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

Assistant Secretary Posner said the State Department expects to issue,by year's end, a new list of countries of particular concern on religious freedom, which would be subject to possible U.S.sanctions.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Confronting the economic downturn and preventing it from boosting hemispheric poverty rates will be urgent priorities at the Summit of the Americas, according U.S.Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs,Tom Shannon.

VOA: standard.2009.04.15

U.S.Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Patrick Moon, and Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad Mehdi Akhonzadeh spoke within minutes of one another at the SCO's Special Conference on Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

Mitchell's scheduled visit to Damascus was preceded by two trips there since March by Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman and White House National Security Council Middle East expert Daniel Shapiro.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

At a news briefing, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs P.J.Crowley made clear that the Obama administration opposes Dostum's return and possible future role in the government, and that it is reviewing human rights charges against him.

VOA: standard.2009.08.17

But those days are apparently over. The head of the U.S.delegation, Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs Esther Brimmer, told the 47-member Council the United States will work with other nations to forge common ground to protect and advance human rights.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

So Winslow's father found him a job as an assistant in the trade of making and preparing pictures for printed media.

VOA: special.2010.07.25

Cindy Marini, assistant director of academic advising, says twenty-eight programs currently offer a bachelor's degree in three years.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

In nineteen eighty she was an assistant coach on the United States Women's Olympic basketball team.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

Other recent vampire movies include the American film "Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant", the Swedish film "Let the Right One In" and the Korean film "Thirst."

VOA: special.2010.01.20

Daniel Hernandez had trained in high school as a nurse's assistant.

VOA: special.2011.01.12

Eduardo Rojas is assistant director-general of F.A.O.'s Forestry Department.

VOA: special.2010.04.06

The assistant also found a cataract in Rajamanickam's eye, which will require surgery at the hospital.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

It has many different avenues to take." David Kris,assistant U.S.attorney general for national security says, "The arrests are part of an ongoing and fast-paced investigation."

VOA: standard.2009.09.20

During a press briefing in Washington, Assistant U.S.Secretary of State Philip Crowley urged the interim Honduran government to accept a Costa-Rican brokered plan that would reinstate Mr.Zelaya.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

(OMITTED) Remais,an assistant professor at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health in Atlanta, He says the growing economy is fueling environmental risks such as air pollution and chemical toxins, while age-old environmental challenges remain.

VOA: standard.2010.04.07